Year: 2018

  An evidence-based industry ban followed by a politically motivated reversal.  In June 2016, following a year long, comprehensive NSW Commission of Inquiry into the New South Wales (NSW) greyhound racing industry costing hundreds of thousands of tax payer dollars, 80 recommendations were made. The top recommendation was to shut down industry [1]. Based on … Read more

The 2016 NSW Commission of Inquiry report volumes 1 to 4 are being attached here – for safe keeping. They are no longer easily accessible on the NSW government website.   The links for Volumes 1 to 4e are below:   Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-1   Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-2   Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-3   Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-4a   Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-4b   Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-4c   Report-SCI-Greyhound-Racing-Industry-NSW-Volume-4d   … Read more

  Injury Severity Classification is as shown in Table 1 below, as cited in the report. 1st Quarter Report According to the first quarter report, out of 254 race meetings across NSW at TAB and Non-TAB venues, 4,520 dogs raced a total of 19,556 race starts. On average there were 4.3 starts per dog in … Read more

Key Findings In 2015, nearly one million Australians regularly gambled on horse and dog racing. Most race bettors were men, and aged between 30 and 64. Some 400,000 experienced one or more gambling-related problems. Forty-one per cent (41%) of all regular race bettors (403,000 adults) experienced one or more gambling-related problems In a typical month, … Read more